According to the ManiaPlanet blog, Nadeo’s second iteration on the ManiaPlanet service has gone into alpha. The online tech will be the backbone of the Shootmania, Trackmania and Questmania families, and the developer is already priming users with the knowledge they’ll need to build the franchise’s celebrated user generated content with the new toolset. Hit […]

Ubisoft has announced a closed beat for TrackMania 2 Canyon will start in July, which will also mark “the beginning of ManiaPlanet,” a networked gaming system for PCs with tools for community-based game creation and participation.

Trackmania developer Nadia’s sold out to Ubi, it’s been confirmed today. Did you know Trackmania’s played by 700,000 people a month? Well, it is. “The acquisition of Nadeo is an important step in our expansion within the on-line gaming sector”, said super Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft’s mega-boss. “Through Nadeo, Ubisoft will gain an expert team, one […]

Firebrand Games has announced that TrackMania will be coming to Wii. “Firebrand has always strived to develop racing engines that make the current generation of machines do things that no-one thought possible 18 months ago,” said Firebrand boss Mark Greenshields. “We altered people’s perception of just what the DS could do with Race Driver GRID […]